ROBERT Jenrick’s sensational defection to Reform saw him become the latest high-profile Conservative to team up with Nigel Farage.
The switch came just hours after Tory leader Kemi Badenoch announced she had fired her former leadership rival, accusing him of plotting to quit “in a way designed to be as damaging as possible”.
After being unveiled by Farage at a press conference last night, Jenrick parroted Reform’s flagship refrain that “Britain is broken” and took the opportunity to fire a series of scathing jibes at his former colleagues.
Becoming Reform’s sixth MP, the former Tory Shadow Chancellor blasted: “I can’t – in good conscience – stick with a party that’s failed so badly, that isn’t sorry and hasn’t changed… that’s why I resolved to leave.”
Jenrick said he was “proud” to back his new boss – who himself dropped a political bombshell by revealing he would be announcing a Labour defection next week.
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